Song of the Hop-Pickers (Elizabeth Gluyas Philp)

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• (Posted 2023-11-28)  CPDL #77653:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-28).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 784 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Song of the Hop-Pickers
Composer: Elizabeth Gluyas Philp
Lyricist: Edward Litt Laman Blanchard
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1889 Harper & Bros.
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Original text and translations

English text

Voices are merry, as swiftly the berry
Flies from the poles brought in dozens along,
Light is the labour, when talk to a neighbor
Cheerily blends with the hum of a song.
Bright skies above us— around those who love us,
Weaving a garland as gaily we sing;
Off comes a cluster of hops, with a lustre
Shaming the gold it will afterwards bring.
Creeping and curling, and twisting and twirling,
Still working on till it reaches the top;
Never despairing, and finally bearing,
The mission of mirth may be learned from The Hop.

Glimpses of scenery caught through the greenery,
Such as no art ever framed for us yet.
Soft winds caressing with health as their blessing,
Peers could not purchase what freely we get:
Brim the broad basket, if any should ask it!
Where lies the secret the berry imparts?
No answer fitter, than “Work is the bitter,”
Keeping all holidays fresh in our hearts.
Creeping and curling, and twisting and twirling,
Still working on till it reaches the top,
Never despairing, and finally bearing,
The mission for Life may be learned from The Hop!